2001 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 62 kg

The 2001 World Weightlifting Championships – Men's 62 kg (men's featherweight) were held in Antalya, Turkey on 5 November.

Medalists[edit]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Snatch  Li Yinglong (CHN) 142.5 kg  Nikolaj Pešalov (CRO) 137.5 kg  Henadzi Aliashchuk (BLR) 137.5 kg
Clean & Jerk  Henadzi Aliashchuk (BLR) 180.0 kg  Vladimir Rodríguez (CUB) 167.5 kg  Stefan Georgiev (BUL) 167.5 kg
Total  Henadzi Aliashchuk (BLR) 317.5 kg  Li Yinglong (CHN) 305.0 kg  Stefan Georgiev (BUL) 302.5 kg

Records[edit]

Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.

World Record Snatch  Shi Zhiyong (CHN) 152.5 kg Osaka, Japan 3 May 2000
Clean & Jerk  Le Maosheng (CHN) 180.5 kg Athens, Greece 23 November 1999
Total World Standard 325.0 kg 1 January 1998

Results[edit]

Rank Athlete Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Henadzi Aliashchuk (BLR) 61.78 137.5 142.5 142.5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 170.0 172.5 181.0 1st place, gold medalist(s) 317.5
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Li Yinglong (CHN) 61.70 132.5 137.5 142.5 1st place, gold medalist(s) 152.5 157.5 162.5 6 305.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Stefan Georgiev (BUL) 61.94 130.0 135.0 137.5 7 167.5 172.5 172.5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 302.5
4  Mücahit Yağcı (TUR) 61.46 127.5 132.5 135.0 4 160.0 165.0 165.0 4 300.0
5  Vladimir Rodríguez (CUB) 61.46 127.5 132.5 132.5 9 162.5 167.5 167.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 295.0
6  Chen Lu (CHN) 61.76 132.5 132.5 135.0 5 155.0 160.0 165.0 7 295.0
7  Vladislav Lukanin (RUS) 61.82 130.0 135.0 137.5 6 160.0 165.0 165.0 9 295.0
8  Yurik Sarkisyan (AUS) 61.68 125.0 127.5 130.0 10 162.5 165.0 170.0 5 292.5
9  Oleksandr Likhvald (UKR) 61.82 130.0 135.0 135.0 8 160.0 165.0 165.0 8 290.0
10  Elkhan Suleymanov (AZE) 61.76 125.0 125.0 130.0 12 155.0 160.0 160.0 10 280.0
11  Tom Goegebuer (BEL) 61.18 117.5 122.5 125.0 11 142.5 147.5 147.5 11 267.5
12  Jasvir Singh (IND) 61.74 110.0 115.0 117.5 13 135.0 142.5 142.5 12 257.5
13  Matvei Dalakian (ISR) 61.28 100.0 105.0 105.0 14 120.0 13 220.0
 Nikolaj Pešalov (CRO) 61.54 137.5 137.5 142.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

New records[edit]

Clean & Jerk 181.0 kg  Henadzi Aliashchuk (BLR) WR

References[edit]